In the Windows world, photographers looking for an alternative to Adobe Photoshop that will save them cash without skimping on power typically have turned to Corel’s PaintShop Photo Pro. The program has consistently kept pace with the evolving needs of shutterbugs over the years and the latest “X3” version of the software continues that tradition. Among the new features in X3 are a number of improvements to enhance a photographer’s workflow. Workflow is important to shooters because once an image is captured, they are going to want to find it again eventually.
Did they ever fix the damn file browser, which had a habit of scanning every folder you selected, every time, instead of just the one you had open, including video (which made no damn sense to me..)
That said.. One reason people are not using Adobe is that their software, for people with dual boot systems, using Linux, writes their serial number over top of part of the boot code for Grub, which, needless to say, renders "both" operating systems unbootable. Worse, it does this every time its run, so you can't simply reinstall Grub, after installing the program, and have it work right from then on, it mangled the system **every time** you use the program.
The free reader doesn't do this, but everything else has, since their C2 version, which is now at C3. But.. The other reason is that a) the cheap stuff from them doesn't do as much, and b) the stuff that does, is bloody over priced.
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Corel's X3 Photo Editor Paints a Pretty Picture
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 11, 2010 05:00 AMIn the Windows world, photographers looking for an alternative to Adobe Photoshop that will save them cash without skimping on power typically have turned to Corel’s PaintShop Photo Pro. The program has consistently kept pace with the evolving needs of shutterbugs over the years and the latest “X3” version of the software continues that tradition. Among the new features in X3 are a number of improvements to enhance a photographer’s workflow. Workflow is important to shooters because once an image is captured, they are going to want to find it again eventually.
That said.. One reason people are not using Adobe is that their software, for people with dual boot systems, using Linux, writes their serial number over top of part of the boot code for Grub, which, needless to say, renders "both" operating systems unbootable. Worse, it does this every time its run, so you can't simply reinstall Grub, after installing the program, and have it work right from then on, it mangled the system **every time** you use the program.
The free reader doesn't do this, but everything else has, since their C2 version, which is now at C3. But.. The other reason is that a) the cheap stuff from them doesn't do as much, and b) the stuff that does, is bloody over priced.